Improvement in burial-cases



IVORY LORDE, 0F MOLI'NE, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 110,984, dated January 17, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN BURIAL2ASES.

The Schedule referred to ln these Letters Patent and-making paxt'ol' the same.

T0w7i0lll "100001100171: angle as the taste of the maker may dictate, and l Beit known that l', IVORY Lonnie, of the town of will usually be from two to three inches in width, Moline, in the count-y of'Roek Island and State of varying with the size of the case. 'lhc upper edge Illinois, have-invented a hewand improved Method ot' this second strip B is to be made ot' such a of Constructing Burial-Cases; and I do hereby debevel that, when it is.i'astened to thc strip A, above claro that thc following is a fllll and accurate descripdescribed, in thcmannel above described, it will be tion thereof', reference being had to the accomlmnying level, forming a level or plane edge.

drawing and to the letters ofmference marked there- Alittle below the upper or top edge of said strip B, on. en the inside thereof as it stands aft-er being titted to The nature ot' my invention consists in a deck- "'A, (A being fitted to the body of the case S,'as above top for burial-ease, constructed oi' different parts or described) I fasten thereunto a third strip, made narpieees, so formed and shaped that they can be put torow and thin, extending around on the inner 'side of gether in a dln-able, beautiful, and simple form, atthe strip B, (and composed of as many parts as may moderate cost, so as to hold a glass face or covering, be desirable.) This isshown in C, an'd is designed to without danger ot' breaking or cracking the s'amci'rom support the glass face or covering E in said burialthe contraction or expansion of the materials used, case, which may rnn the length ofthe ease, on any and adapted to the body of a eoliin or burial-ease made part'thereot' that may be desired. Y

in any ordinary form for the same. Upon the upper and level edge of the second above- 'lo enableothers skilled in the art to use my indescribed strip B l.- fasten a fourthstrip, D, with vention, I will proceed to describe its construction. molded 'or ornamentcd edges, it' desired, but with dat I construct the body S of the burial-ease or collin' and parallel top and ,bottom, said strip I) extending in any ordinary form for the same, with the upper or around the top ot' the case or coliin, and lying upon top edges ofthe sides of the same (as it stands when the upper or top edge oi' B, being composed et' as erect) level. Y many dierent pieces as may be deemed desirable.

Upon the level vupper edge of this body S I p'laee` The outer edge ot' D, with the `lid L, forms a finish, a strip, (composed of as many different pieces as may it' desirable; and -its'inner edge, projecting beyond the be desirable to adapt it to its positiom) shown in the inside ot' l, forms, with 0,11 groove, to hold the aboveaccompanying drawing in A, extending `around said mentioned glass face E and keep it ill place. body on its top or upperedge, projecting all around Upon the top or upper edge of D, which, whenfast- -from the ontcr edge ofthe sides of said body more or cned in.plaee, is level, isy fastened the lid L, which less, as may be desired; said strip to be screwed or may be plain or ornamenteil. fastened to the body ofV said case, andl to be o'f the I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by same or different material as thc body of the case. Letters Iatentj To the inner edge of the strip, shown in A, which '.lhc deck-top for buriahease, which is produced by may be beveled or chamfered to suit the inclination the combination of A, B, O, D, E, and L, .in the mandesired for the top of said ease, I lfasten the lower ner above described. r edge of another strip or piece, shown in B, (com-V IVORY LORDE. posed,.like A, of as many dilerent parts as may be desirctl,) extending around the inner edge of A, and Y Witnesses: i rising'above the upper side thereof, and fastened EUGENE Lewis, i thereunto. This istrip E narines ermordet Antin Lonnie. l 

